UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov Full Card Preview
Heavyweights return to center stage on Saturday, June 26, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas as Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov headline UFC Vegas 30. In the co-main event, Ovince St. Preux and Tanner Boser square off in another heavyweight bout.
The preliminary card is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN+ with the main card at 4 p.m. ET.
Check out Question Mark Kicks live on YouTube at 11 a.m. ET, where Matt and Craig offer their final thoughts on the 13-fight card.
Lightweight
Yancy Medeiros (+121)
Record: 15-7 (6-7 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 8 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 4 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Lando Vannata (un. dec.); L to Gregor Gillespie (R2 TKO); L to Donald Cerrone (R1 TKO)
Damir Hadzovic (-148)
Record: 13-6 (3-4 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 7 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Renato Moicano (R1 RNC); L to Christos Giagos (un. dec.); def. Polo Reyes (R2 TKO)
Featherweight
Charles Rosa (-171)
Record: 13-5 (4-5 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 3 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Darrick Minner (un. dec.); def. Kevin Aguilar (split dec.); L to Bryce Mitchell (un. dec.)
Justin Jaynes (+141)
Record: 16-7 (1-3 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 67.5″
Wins: 8 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Devonte Smith (R2 doctor stoppage); L to Gabriel Benitez (R1 KO); L to Gavin Tucker (R3 RNC)
Women’s Bantamweight
Julia Avila (-354)
Record: 8-2 (2-1 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 4 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Sijara Eubanks (un. dec.); def. Gina Mazany (R1 TKO); def. Pannie Kianzad (un. dec.)
Julija Stoliarenko (+271)
Record: 9-4-1 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 8 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Yana Kunitskaya (un. dec.); def. Lisa Verzosa (split dec.); def. Mariam Tatunashvili (R1 armbar)
Light Heavyweight
Marcin Prachnio (-212)
Record: 14-5 (1-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 10 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 4 KO
Recent fights: def. Khalil Rountree (un. dec.); L to Mike Rodriguez (R1 TKO); L to Magomed Ankalaev (R1 TKO)
Ike Villanueva (+171)
Record: 18-11 (1-2 UFC) | Age: 37
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 15 KO | Losses: 5 KO, 5 SUB
Recent fights: def. Vinicius Moreira (R2 KO); L to Jordan Wright (R1 doctor stoppage); L to Chase Sherman (R2 TKO)
Welterweight
Warrley Alves (-221)
Record: 14-4 (8-4 UFC) | Age: 30
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 4 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Mounir Lazzez (R1 TKO); L to Randy Brown (R2 triangle); def. Sergio Moraes (R3 KO)
Jeremiah Wells (+176)
Record: 8-2-1 (UFC debut) | Age: 34
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 3 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: def. Marco Smallman (R2 RNC); def. Mumia Abu Dey Ali (R1 KO); L to Vinicius de Jesus (un. dec.)
Welterweight
Michel Prazeres (+217)
Record: 26-3 (10-3 UFC) | Age: 39
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 1 KO, 11 SUB | Losses: 3 DEC
Recent fights: L to Ismail Naurdiev (un. dec.); def. Bartosz Fabinski (R1 guillotine); def. Zak Cummings (split dec.)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (-273)
Record: 13-0 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 26
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 77″
Wins: 7 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Alex Oliveira (R1 guillotine); def. Tiago Varejao (R1 TKO); def. Daniil Prikaza (R2 TKO)
Light Heavyweight
Danilo Marques (-101)
Record: 11-2 (2-0 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 6-6 | Reach: 77.5″
Wins: 4 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Mike Rodriguez (R2 RNC); def. Khadis Ibragimov (un. dec.); def. Cleiton Caetano (un. dec.)
Kennedy Nzechukwu (-122)
Record: 8-1 (2-1 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 6-5 | Reach: 83″
Wins: 5 KO | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Carlos Ulberg (R2 TKO); def. Darko Stosic (un. dec.); L to Paul Craig (R3 triangle)
Lightweight
Renato Moicano (-247)
Record: 14-4-1 (6-4 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 7 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Rafael Fiziev (R1 KO); def. Damir Hadzovic (R1 RNC); L to Chan Sung Jung (R1 TKO)
Jai Herbert (+198)
Record: 10-2 (0-1 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 77″
Wins: 8 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Francisco Trinaldo (R3 KO); def. Cain Carrizosa (R1 TKO); def. Jack Grant (R3 TKO)
Welterweight
Nicolas Dalby (+120)
Record: 19-3-1 (3-2-1 UFC) | Age: 36
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 74.5″
Wins: 6 KO, 4 SUB | Losses: 3 DEC
Recent fights: def. Daniel Rodriguez (un. dec.); NC with Jesse Ronson (L by R1 RNC); def. Alex Oliveira (un. dec.)
Tim Means (-148)
Record: 31-12-1 (13-9 UFC) | Age: 37
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 19 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 5 SUB
Recent fights: def. Mike Perry (un. dec.); def. Laureano Staropoli (un. dec.); L to Daniel Rodriguez (R2 guillotine)
Featherweight
Andre Fili (-228)
Record: 21-8 (9-7 UFC) | Age: 30
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 9 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: L to Bryce Mitchell (un. dec.); def. Charles Jourdain (split dec.); L to Sodiq Yusuff (un. dec.)
Daniel Pineda (+184)
Record: 27-14 (4-5 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 9 KO, 18 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 6 SUB
Recent fights: L to Cub Swanson (R2 KO); def. Herbert Burns (R2 TKO); NC with Jeremy Kennedy (W by R1 guillotine)
Bantamweight
Raoni Barcelos (-222)
Record: 16-1 (5-0 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 8 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Khalid Taha (un. dec.); def. Said Nurmagomedov (un. dec.); def. Carlos Huachin (R2 TKO)
Timur Valiev (+178)
Record: 17-2 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 67″
Wins: 5 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 2 DEC
Recent fights: def. Martin Day (un. dec.); NC with Trevin Jones (L by R2 TKO); def. Taigro Costa (un. dec.)
Heavyweight
Ovince St. Preux (+138)
Record: 25-15 (13-10 UFC) | Age: 38
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 80″
Wins: 11 KO, 9 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 3 SUB
Recent fights: L to Jamahal Hill (R2 TKO); def. Alonzo Menifield (R2 KO); L to Ben Rothwell (split dec.)
Tanner Boser (-167)
Record: 19-8-1 (3-3 UFC) | Age: 29
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 75.5″
Wins: 10 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Ilir Latifi (split dec.); L to Andrei Arlovski (un. dec.); def. Raphael Pessoa (R2 TKO)
Heavyweight
Ciryl Gane (-173)
Record: 8-0 (5-0 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 6-4 | Reach: 83″
Wins: 3 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (un. dec.); def. Junior dos Santos (R2 KO); def. Tanner Boser (un. dec.)
Alexander Volkov (+142)
Record: 33-8 (7-2 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 6-7 | Reach: 81″
Wins: 22 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Alistair Overeem (R2 KO); def. Walt Harris (R2 KO); L to Curtis Blaydes (un. dec.)
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